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March 06, 2015

NASA space probe 'Dawn' enters orbit of dwarf planet
Washington (AFP) March 6, 2015
The US space probe Dawn began orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres on Friday on a voyage of discovery into the solar system's main asteroid belt, where it will collect a trove of data and photos, NASA said. The probe - the first to orbit a dwarf planet - will stay over the mysterious body for 16 months to study its structure and gather clues to help mankind better understand how Earth and the other planets were created. It took Dawn seven-and-a-half years and 3.1 billion miles to reach Ceres's orb ... read more

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